The advent of Twitter & other social networking sites, as well as the popularity of text messaging, have made short-form communication an everyday reality. This work covers the basics of great short-form writing, including the importance of communicating with simplicity, honesty, & humor. ...

Adaptation of a Stephen King short story about a notoriously haunted hotel room & the efforts of a sceptic to debunk the myth. Mike Enslin (John Cusack), a horror novelist specialising in exposing paranormal events in houses & graveyards worldwide, decides to add suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel to his list of conquests for his latest project, ' Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms'. Ignoring the warnings of the hotel manager Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), Enslin checks in, sure of exposing yet another sham. But before too long Mike is forced to accept proof of the afterlife, as he fights to survive until the morning. ...

The battle of Agincourt was a slaughter ground designed not to advance England's interests directly but to demonstrate God's approval of Henry's royal authority on both sides of the Channel. 1415 was a year of religious persecution, personal suffering & one horrendous battle. This book presents the story of that year. ...

142 Strand was the home of the brilliant publisher John Chapman. The Strand was packed with booksellers, magazine publishers, & theatres. Just behind lay the brothels of Covent Garden & the pornographers of Holywell Street. Chapman's circle touched all these worlds. This work tells the story of these unconventional lives & unorthodox views. ...

In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control & China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries. ...

In his bestselling book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, & technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance & our modern world. ...

It was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small, roaming bands of indigenous people. The author brings together the research, & the results of his own travels throughout North & South America. ...

The world would end in 1492
- so the prophets, soothsayers & stargazers said. They were right. Their world did end. Ours began.
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